Ben Awad is a GameDev Who Sleeps 9 hours EVERY NIGHT to be Productive [Quincy Interviews him

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On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Ben Awad, a game developer who creates developer tutorials on KZfaq and TikTok.
I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Can you guess what bass line I'm playing on my bass during the intro? It's from a 1979 song.
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Links we talk about during the interview:
Ben's game, Void Pet on Android and iOS (Built in React Native): voidpet.com/
XKCD coming on "Real Programmers" that Quincy mentions: xkcd.com/378/
React Native course by Ben Awad: www.freecodecamp.org/news/cre...
I can't find my Mac Control hotkeys video tutorial that I mentioned anywhere, so I wrote a quick article explaining how to use these: www.freecodecamp.org/news/mac...
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@ivankovachev8835 Ай бұрын

My question to 10x programmers is how do you study/learn? As in what is the way you study/learn(reading, writing it down, doing, actively recalling, explaining in your own words, etc, etc)? For how long do you study/learn a day? And how often do you refresh/repeat topics you have already studied/learnt?

@etyplt Ай бұрын

10x programmers is a myth. Just put as much time you want and can on learning things.

@ivankovachev8835 Ай бұрын

@@etypltThey don't have to be ltierally a "10x programmer", just a very good programmer. And I'm trying to learn how to learn effectively as currently I'm very slow.

@etyplt Ай бұрын

@@ivankovachev8835 just keep on coding is the answer. Play around making projects you like and want to make.

@seaweed428 Ай бұрын

@@ivankovachev8835 i just started seriously as well. i'd say in the beginning go at your own pace and how you feel most comfortable learning. then after you're familiar with fundamentals, you can look into the pros' models. at least, that's how im doing it

@sergsergesrgergseg Ай бұрын

they dont study lol they just actively toy with things and only focus on building and not things like pretty ui designs

@UZGAMINGZ Ай бұрын

Get the millionaire tech lead as the next guest 😂😂

@MuhammadArslan-px1sm Ай бұрын

Ex google ex Facebook The tech Lead 😂

@yacine997 Ай бұрын

This is my first frecodecamp podcast and i really like quincy

@alhensouher 27 күн бұрын

This is the first freeCodeCamp podcast I listen to. I never followed a turotual by Ben, but I've watched and enjoyed his videos. I'm currently in the process of studying and learning while changing careers, and the advice near the end about how you can build yours in tech was spot on and really resonates with what I believe and approach life in general. Really enjoyed this, thanks everyone! ps. also found out that Quincy likes the office and bob ross, so thar was a plus haha

@GomesGabriel84 Ай бұрын

I love this interview. Damn.

@jasonmorgan661 Ай бұрын

I'd love to see a collaboration between you and Dave's garage. He wrote task manager and windows calculator or something for Microsoft...great channel one of his best vids is the fork bomb pc crashing 11 charachter hack 😂.

@TANCEUS Ай бұрын

Hey freecodecamp can please upload a Computer graphic course ..

@alviahmed7388 Ай бұрын

Next guest: Joma Tech

@lonelyboy4033 Ай бұрын

😂

@Yesterday_i_ate_rat Ай бұрын

😂

@seasn5553 Ай бұрын

😂

@nested9301 Ай бұрын

😂

@Alex.Shalda Ай бұрын

😂

@CodeOnBlocks Ай бұрын

He strikes me as a mid-level developer that got famous from TikTok. I've seen some of his tutorials and unfortunately he didn't really seem to know what he was talking about or just brushed through a lot of details.

@jayscaping Ай бұрын

This is most developers that got famous or gained a following via social media. If they were really 10x programmers they wouldn't be this actively creating content.

@CodeOnBlocks Ай бұрын

@@jayscaping yeah, a lot of juniors got famous for posting content to other people that want to learn how to code.

@schoolofsa Ай бұрын

Who cares

@DanielNyong Ай бұрын

Have a media following > being a better developer. You are more likely to earn more with more followers.

@j4yd34d5 Ай бұрын

@@DanielNyong Civilization was built by people who added value to society, not extracted it. You should be driven by more than just money.

@TheDrov Ай бұрын

Next let’s do a dev who drinks water daily!

@MeTube2014 Ай бұрын

What does mean 10x developer? by the way

@adennis200 Ай бұрын

He is what? Nah. I have my doubts. Where is the proof?

@squarerootof2 Ай бұрын

Fake news. It has been debunked.

@-a-d-a-m Ай бұрын

Police - Walking on the moon

@ISLAMIC.NO1 Ай бұрын

Please launch PowerShell course

@Harthikreddyy Ай бұрын

Haven't touched grass or people for a good a year now

@Remington934 Ай бұрын

Isn’t 8hrs normal?

@user-ek2jc1xf3y Ай бұрын

he looks so happy i'm happy for him

@ISLAMIC.NO1 Ай бұрын

We need PowerShell course

@mikealejandro3938 Ай бұрын

When i was like 17 (three years ago), ben awad was my biggest inspiration, I'm know a fullstack dev and i love his content, hope one day i can meet my hero ❤‍🔥🔥

@MichaelZankel Ай бұрын

Actually 4 years is (2/13)th of his life! Interesting, I know

@theairos13 16 күн бұрын

Why so many dislikes? My god

@anaclaracg3617 Ай бұрын

This "10x developer" thing doesn't make any sense tbh..

@corail53 Ай бұрын

Hours of sleep means nothing - not sure why everyone makes such a big deal about it, be it 4 hours or 9 hours.

@user-ii7xc1ry3x Ай бұрын

Because we have science backing up the importance of sleep in many different aspects regarding cognitive and athletic performance. Hours of sleep mean everything.